Planets to cosmology
Subtitle: essential science in the final years of the hubble space telescope
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780511168208; 9780511167669
Description: Reviewing some of the most important open questions in astronomy today, world experts examine how the HST can uniquely contribute to astronomical observations during the next few years. This book presents a collection of review papers for professional researchers and graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Participants; Preface; Hubble's view of transiting planets; Unsolved problems in star formation; Star formation in clusters; HST abundance studies of low metallicity stars; Physical conditions and feedback: HST studies of intense star-forming environments; Quasar hosts: Growing up with monstrous middles; Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei; Feedback at high redshift; The baryon content of the local intergalactic medium; Hot baryons in supercluster filaments; Galaxy assembly.